When it was announced that a Resident Evil 6 demo would be packaged alongside retail copies of Capcom’s action RPG Dragon’s Dogma, it seemed like a perfect bit of cross promotion. Much like the Kingdoms of Amalur and Mass Effect 3 tie-ins, this Resident Evil 6 connection should help boost interest in a title that Capcom thinks is worth a look.
However, what they hadn’t revealed until now was that Resident Evil 6 demo is also a timed exclusive – launching first on the Xbox 360 and then later on the PS3. When Capcom said they wanted to appeal to the Call of Duty crowd with RE 6, I don’t think this is what they meant.
Now, instead of concurrently releasing on both consoles, the Resident Evil 6 demo will launch first on the Xbox 360 on July 3rd, and then on the PS3 on September 4th. Regardless of timing, Dragon’s Dogma is slated to release in late May — meaning Resident Evil fans who pick up the game just hoping for the demo are going to be waiting quite a while.
That short two month wait might seem bearable to some, but based on Resident Evil 6‘s first trailer, that might be easier said than done. A smorgasbord of fan favorite characters, this game looks to be fan service to the nth degree, and we can’t wait.
Capcom wasn’t willing to reveal just what went into this timed exclusivity for the demo, but they did say it was a “strategic business decision.” With each subsequent iteration since Resident Evil 4 the series has grown in popularity, perhaps leading Microsoft to believe this will be the biggest, and trying to ensnare purchases of the Xbox 360 version.
For our money the game has a lot going, but many elements, like the rumored co-op, are better sold through experience – hence the demo. And, if Dragon’s Dogma ends up as exciting an action RPG as the trailers sell it to be, then RE fans won’t have to worry about the two or three month wait.
Will you be picking up Dragon’s Dogma just to get your hands on a Resident Evil 6 demo code? Would playing the demo first on 360 convince you to purchase that version of RE 6?
Dragon’s Dogma releases May 22, 2012 for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
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But I guess I’m not a hardcore Resident Evil fan…so…if the shoe was on the other foot, I would be bummed too.
Yeah….Resident Evil is my second favorite franchise of all time and I only own a WII and PS3. So yes I feel screwed but Im still buying it regardless of whose demo is first. So yes I envy the 360 devoted for acquiring it before my lovely PS3 will. So will you all kill REAL zombies for me, will you ! Also enjoy the zombie smashing!!
That’s a bunch of bs! Flat out! First callmof duty, now this?! M$ sure knows how to suck out the money from people’s wallet by doing this crap! Wonder how much they paid capcom to do this? All it shows to me is that M$ need to pay off it’s vendors in order to grab sales. Why?…because they know ps3 is the dominate system!
Um. I’ll have you know that the 360 has consistently done better business than PS3. And the whole “paying off devs” Is that not exactly what Sony is doing with Street Fighter X Tekken? And I’m sending this from the PS3′s web browser, so I’m not even biased. Just facts…
I was considering purchasing a copy of Dragon’s Dogma upon release after hearing that it would be coming along with a demo of RE6. Mainly because I thought the game would be worth a look anyway, this was just what I needed to seal the deal and pick it up on release. Hearing that I will have to wait months for the demo makes the package much less appealing, so much so that I now feel like I may as well just wait altogether to pick up Dragon’s Dogma (ideally when it hits the $20-$30 pre-owned price range) if I pick it up at all. I won’t be getting the demo, but it’s not like I need one to know I’m going to be getting RE6 anyway. Seems like a missed opportunity to me since I’m no longer purchasing DD on release like they no doubt wanted me to, but when a company does something you don’t like the only way to make your voice heard is through your dollars.
That’s B.S! Wait 4 two months for my PS3. Capcom u can go and ….. yourself. I will skip R.E6
im a ps3 player, im certain i can wait 2 months to play a 15-20 min demo, RE6 looks promising
I for one agree with this. Let Microsoft waste their money on this b*******. It puts us out yeah but think of it this way. They paid money right to get a demo before we PS3 fans could. That is so sad, believe me if Sony did this I’d have the EXCACT same attitude.
Microsoft deserve the demo first if their that sad they’ll pay out tons of money for something that is just a trial for a game. In fact with this and the trailer for Resident Evil: Retribution trailer I’d say Resident Evil is doing a brilliant job of outing Sony and Microsoft as being just really really desperate. Next thing we know we’ll hear that Nintendo’s CEO started crying just so Capcom would make a sequal to RE: Revelation